2011 Iowa Girls State Basketball Tournament

Class 1A Championship

Martensdale-St. Mary’s 40, Ar-We-Va 23

Mackenzie Morrison's triple-double and some lockdown defense sent Martensdale-St. Marys to the Class 1A state championship.

Morrison scored 14 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked a tournament-record 10 shots in leading the top-ranked Blue Devils to a 40-23 victory over No. 2 Ar-We-Va for the school's first state title.

The 10 blocks break the 1A tournament record of nine set by Stacey Schutjer of WCLT in 2008. Morrison, a 6-foot-4 senior who'll play at William & Mary next season, also set a record with 25 blocks in the tournament. The old 1A mark was 18 by Lynnville-Sully's Jessica Nikkel in 1997.

In her three tournament games, Morrison totaled 48 points and 32 rebounds and was voted captain of the all-tournament team.

Morgan Halverson added 13 points for Martensdale-St. Marys, Brittney Kubik scored six and Sam Norris had four points, six steals and five assists.

Martensdale-St. Marys held Ar-We-Va to just two field goals in taking a 22-5 halftime lead. The Blue Devils then scored five of the first six points in the second half to go up 27-6 and led by as many as 22 late.

Melissa Greve led Ar-We-Va with eight points, Katyln Ertz scored five and Dani Kock grabbed 10 rebounds to go with four points.

It was the 13th time Martensdale-St. Marys held an opponent below 30 points this season. The Blue Devils finish with a 26-2 record, losing to Class 2A finalist OA-BCIG and 4A semifinalist Southeast Polk.

The runner-up finish is the best ever for Ar-We-Va, which finished 24-3. The Rockets were third in the 1991 six-player tournament.

Norris, Greve and Kock joined Morrison on the all-tournament team, which also had Paige Daugherty of Bellevue Marquette Catholic and Anna Mallen of West Hacock.